CVE-2021-47265

RDMA: Verify port when creating flow rule

Published May 21, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA: Verify port when creating flow rule

Validate port value provided by the user and with that remove no longer
needed validation by the driver. The missing check in the mlx5_ib driver
could cause to the below oops.

Call trace:
_create_flow_rule+0x2d4/0xf28 [mlx5_ib]
mlx5_ib_create_flow+0x2d0/0x5b0 [mlx5_ib]
ib_uverbs_ex_create_flow+0x4cc/0x624 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0xd4/0x150 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs.isra.7+0xb28/0xc50 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x158/0x1d0 [ib_uverbs]
do_vfs_ioctl+0xd0/0xaf0
ksys_ioctl+0x84/0xb4
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0x28/0xc4
el0_svc_common.constprop.3+0xa4/0x254
el0_svc_handler+0x84/0xa0
el0_svc+0x10/0x26c
Code: b9401260 f9615681 51000400 8b001c20 (f9403c1a)

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 1:51 PM
Reserved
May 21, 2024, 1:27 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 21, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:17 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 21, 2024, 12:00 AM